{"id":7998850,"date":"2026-04-13T07:41:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T14:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/?p=7998850"},"modified":"2026-04-13T07:41:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T14:41:36","slug":"daniel-radcliffe-disagrees-andrew-garfield-harry-potter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/creative-content\/movies\/daniel-radcliffe-disagrees-andrew-garfield-harry-potter\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Radcliffe Disagrees With Andrew Garfield&#8217;s Assessment of His &#8216;Harry Potter&#8217; Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p>Andrew Garfield recently watched the &#8220;Harry Potter&#8221; films for the first time, and was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/culture-lifestyle\/culture\/andrew-garfield-harry-potter-jk-rowling-trans-controversy\/\">blown away by Daniel Radcliffe&#8217;s performance in them<\/a>. Radcliffe disagrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sitting down for a live taping of &#8220;Happy Sad Confused&#8221; podcast at  the 92nd Street Y recently, host Josh Horowitz made Radcliffe aware of Garfield&#8217;s assessment, which came last month. During an interview, Garfield noted that &#8220;Daniel is so goddamn good,&#8221; in the &#8220;Potter&#8221; films, and that Garfield &#8220;really liked them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Really? Hey, cool! Thank you Andrew Garfield, you&#8217;re awesome,&#8221; Radcliffe said. &#8220;He&#8217;s awesome! He&#8217;s so fantastic. That&#8217;s really, that&#8217;s cool. I disagree with him about my performance in &#8216;Potter,&#8217; but that&#8217;s really nice, thank you!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Daniel Radcliffe talks EVERY BRILLIANT THING, HARRY POTTER, Tom Felton, Broadway, &amp; more!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4PxqJWglmH8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Radcliffe has long been open about his thoughts on his performance in the franchise &#8212; usually cringing at himself &#8212; but noted that his thoughts have changed as the years have gone on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I have more time now for me in the early films,&#8221; Radcliffe explained. &#8220;Like, when I was 18, I would cringe watching the earlier films. 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And I assume those dates will just keep changing as to what I find palatable of my own work.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At that, Horowitz wondered whether there is any time period of the films that Radcliffe is specifically avoiding, prompting another honest answer from the actor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I mean, I haven&#8217;t seen any of them for so long, so, all of them I guess,&#8221; he said with a laugh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can watch Radcliffe&#8217;s full appearance on &#8216;Happy Sad Confused&#8221; in the video above.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-the-wrap-read-more\">\n\t<div class=\"the-wrap-read-more__container\">\n\t\t<a class=\"the-wrap-read-more__image\"\n\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/media-platforms\/tv\/daniel-radcliffe-harry-potter-hbo-series-late-show-stephen-colbert\/\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thewrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Daniel-Radcliffe-Late-Show-3-2-26.jpg?fit=300%2C169&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Daniel Radcliffe appears as a guest on the March 2, 2026 edition of &quot;The Late Show with Stephen Colbert&quot; 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